Services

Alternate Care is a community based organisation that supports children/young people who have been assessed as having complex needs.

Assistance for the provision of specialised services is received from Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs; Department of Education Queensland; Queensland Department of Health. Alternate Care also provides direct support by arrangement, to other community organisations for the provision of a variety of professional services.

Alternate Care offers a range of out-of-home care options for statutory children/young people who are assessed as having moderate - high or complex - extreme needs. Services provided by Alternate Care are flexibly arranged under four service/placement delivery units:

• Residential Services;
• Foster Care Services;
• Emergency Response Services [ERS]; and
• Therapeutic Placement Services (TPS).

Independent contractors who are approved under the Child Protection Act 1999, deliver Alternate Care services. Every Care Worker and approved Foster or Kinship Carers is carefully screened, Children’s Commission Blue Card checked, Police checked and assessed for suitability for each of our services.